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This article provides estimated net salaries at EDA, the European Defence Agency, located in Brussels, Belgium.

The European Defence Agency is an agency of the European Union that promotes and facilitates integration between member states within the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. EDA is unique among EU agencies by the fact that it is headed by the High Representative Josep Borrell and reports to the Council of the European Union, whereas most other agencies are supervised by the European Commission. When it comes to salaries, EDA uses the same salary scales as the European Commission and other EU institutions.

Most EU institutions, including EDA, do a notoriously poor job in communicating their salaries. Very often EU agencies and other EU institutions just indicate the gross basic pay without deductions and allowances, and quite many do not adjust it by the Correction Coefficient which can have a significant impact on an employee’s net take-home pay.

This makes it very hard for people without experience in the EU system to understand one’s actual future income, and is a hindrance for quite many people already employed in EU institutions that consider a career change.

This article series will seek to address the lack of information on actual net salaries in EU agencies and other institutions.

As usual for this type of information, bear in mind the caveat that your precise salary can be calculated only by the EU institution’s HR department that knows your particular professional and personal circumstances.

The salaries below are presented according to four typical personal/family situations of future employees:

  • by type of contract (Contract Agent, Administrator, Assistant, Secretary and Clerk) and
  • function group (FGI-FGIV, AD5-AD16, AST1-AST11, AST/SC1-AST/SC6).

The mentioned personal/family situations are:

Situation 01Situation 02Situation 03Situation 04
Single local with no childrenMarried local with two childrenSingle expat with no childrenMarried expat with two children
The term ‘local’ refers to nationals of the country where the EU institution has its headquarters. The term ‘expat’ refers to employees of the said EU institution that have a nationality of another EU member state.
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To get an idea of your actual salary at EDA, you should look at the right cell in one of the four columns in the tables below that best corresponds to your personal/family situation. In calculating these values we have summed up not only the basic salary, but also the applicable allowances and deductions: household allowance, child allowances, expatriation allowance, pension contribution, sickness, accident and unemployment insurance, as well as community tax. All values in the last four columns are also adjusted by the relevant European Commission’s Correction Coefficient, so they present a realistic approximation of take-home pay/full remuneration package calculation.

The information below gives you a realistic estimate of what you can expect to earn at EDA. People interested in working for EU institutions often only look up the basic pay for their type of contract and grade. This is a mistake as the actual net salary can differ up or down quite a bit, compared to the basic salary.

If you want to understand what elements constitute the full salary package in the EU institutions and their weight in the total remuneration calculation, please read the article applicable to your type of contract: Contract Agents, Administrators, Assistants, Secretaries and Clerks.

How to read the tables

Here’s an explanation of how to read the tables below.

Let’s assume that you have applied for an AD6 Administrator’s vacancy in EDA. You are an Italian national (any nationality except Belgian fits here) with a spouse and two children. From the table below you can deduct that your basic salary without any adjustments would be EUR 5669, however, by working for EDA in Brussels, your net take-home remuneration package would be around EUR 6951. A Belgian national with a similar family situation would earn EUR 5857.

Contract Agent salaries at EDA

FUNC-TION GROUPBASIC SALARYCOR-RECTION COEF-FICIENT01| Single local with no children02| Married local with 2 children03| Single expat with no children04| Married expat with 2 children
FG I step 121281001876297324583555
FG II step 422111001939303825213620
FG III step 828311002466357730964207
FG IV step 1336241003094421438474974
Contract agent salaries at EDA

Administrator salaries at EDA

FUNC-TION GROUPBASIC SALARYCOR-RECTION COEF-FICIENT01| Single local with no children02| Married local with 2 children03| Single expat with no children04| Married expat with 2 children
AD 550111004190534451776331
AD 656691004689585757836951
AD 764141005250643364667649
AD 872581005866706672198419
AD 982111006535775380449262
AD 10929110072538493893810178
AD 111051210080229287990611171
AD 12118931008836101281094612238
AD 13134571009636109601200113325
AD 141522510010197115691295514327
AD 151722710011149125621424915662
AD 161949110012134135951561717078
Administrator salaries at EDA

Assistant salaries at EDA

FUNC-TION GROUPBASIC SALARYCOR-RECTION COEF-FICIENT01| Single local with no children02| Married local with 2 children03| Single expat with no children04| Married expat with 2 children
AST 130581002683379933514467
AST 234591002979410237124835
AST 339141003343447641515284
AST 444291003741488446325775
AST 550111004190534451776331
AST 656691004689585757836951
AST 764141005250643364667649
AST 872581005866706672198419
AST 982111006535775380449262
AST 10929110072538493893810178
AST 111051210080229287990611171
Assistant salaries at EDA

Secretaries and Clerks salaries at EDA

FUNC-TION GROUPBASIC SALARYCOR-RECTION COEF-FICIENT01| Single local with no children02| Married local with 2 children03| Single expat with no children04| Married expat with 2 children
AST/SC 127451002392350830224138
AST/SC 231061002711382733794495
AST/SC 335141002973410037334860
AST/SC 439761003373450641815314
AST/SC 544991003796493946875830
AST/SC 650901004269542352566410
Secretaries and Clerks salaries at EDA

Allowances and other benefits for EU institutions staff

Several allowances and other benefits can quite significantly boost an EU official’s income. This largely depends on whether the person is an expat and has a spouse and/or children. When considering a job at an EU institution, people too often do not take these benefits into account. Important – these benefits are available to Administrators in grades AD 5-16, Assistants in grades AST 1-11, Secretaries and Clerks in grades AST/SC 1-6, and Contract Agents in grades FG I-IV.

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